Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9894b3e699615f7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:47:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 05ad4f666ddc2ee31c0c6ca3ab8df42d SHA-1: 2b4f811036f8c5d7b887312fa24dcaa8fe79d198 SHA-256: 9894b3e699615f7ff23404d49de4235d721c9fab959eb8aec22cd66cb0a9e0f4
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting services, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of external links indicates a likely attempt to redirect the user to a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161049e9b6db78---85301809711.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a8ae18288---34494191626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://judyzscotties.com/clients/1/1f/1f1ef5c9f72ce0e5bea5babf356718c6/File/batexotem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cf55486ce08a082a6553845afbeb7da/poketijeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torgradio.ru/new/files/file/15422469963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/gexejavuzafurijerugatub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobihungphu.com/media/ftp/file/rusesujenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74nqh2an35eljn9174766ssl7o/xewixiwavaxavufimibal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgogs.com/mgfiles/file/64056503705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738e2716d74---kizaxavevovuparevegigodam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaccugiare24h.com/uploads/userfiles/file/rozedum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopexpert.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/67294626681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ddb1b58cc08deb44aea61beaa9e7791/61262550483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2a4e6f45e3c05418f661c3b9821ad04/jaxovet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esvigo.com/upload/files/14578392722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dominoliberec.eu/images/file/files/12760018622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innovatepc.com/userfiles/file/1509697375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luluscafeonline.com/uploads/files/vejijizazerexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608835fab6bbf---40344749147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucsangtrong.com/plus/files/83923056648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87a8d49e1b7e87df71518988699031ce/47368973222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimayphat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60310100323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ca6de35f96f07f6399cc0e86b95aa9d/88072285134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5c76bbfb0---jagegegogakodolazokolib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/pefizuruvuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibextrail.com/editor-images/11214425428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=geometric+probability+worksheetsPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000da4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA4B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f25d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF25D 17512 bytes
SHA-256: b88ea417d0adef07d445b504eafb87b6024398cc287e628c5c59b599b30eae80
font_02_sfnt_off00011ee9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EE9 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 7d7d81c449497d6c8cc15b08c64e1fb5bf550f0a91d5340bb32979c327555301